Upcoming cultural events of the week.
Exciting events are afoot this week with bands reforming for one off spectaculars, Japan celebrating its tenth Fashion Week, Whitney Biennial in New York and The Oxford Literary Festival featuring Dave Eggers, John le Carre, Rose Tremain and Martin Amis.
Japan Fashion Week, Tokyo, Monday 22nd – Sunday 28th March
Japan Fashion Week celebrates its tenth anniversary with a range of shows and events taking place across Tokyo from Monday through to Sunday 28th. The homeland of fashion heavyweights Rei Kawakubo & Yoshi Yamamoto showcases its new talent, with highlights including Naoshi Sawayanagi and Yasuyuki Ishii.
Suede at Royal Albert Hall, Teenage Cancer Trust, London - Wednesday 24th March
Brit pop favourites Suede are reforming for one night only at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday with support from rising stars These New Puritans. Part of a series of concerts to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, this is an unmissable event for those feeling a little misty eyed for the nineties, or for Brett Anderson’s cheekbones…
Oxford Literary Festival, Oxford - Until March 28th
The annual feast for bookworms returns to Christ Church, Oxford this week. The festival brings some of the world’s greatest authors together over the next seven days to celebrate and discuss their works.
Crime & Punishment, Musee d’Orsay, Paris –June 27th
Crime & Punishment at the magnificent Musee d’Orsay links some of the greatest artists working from 1791 to 1981 by their subjects of violence and criminality. Taking in Goya, Picasso and Magritte the exhibition carries a tag line advising its unsuitability for younger audiences. A fascinating and macabre treat.
Whitney Biennial, New York – Until May 30th
The Whitney Biennial is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. To fete this moment alongside rising stars the collection of artists who have previously appeared in the Biennial (Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Mark Rothko and Edward Hopper) will also be showing. As ever the Whitney’s line up is all encompassing, seeking to give a cross section of contemporary art rather than to thematically organise. A chance to view the Whitney’s past, present and future in a celebration of this year and all that went before.
Sophie Jackson is on the editorial team for AnOther, AnOther Man and works in Marketing & Events for Dazed Group
